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Open Source Gallery [http://open-source-gallery.org/], a storefront art space in South Slope, was damaged in a fire last friday and has been forced to relocate, The L Magazine reports [http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2010/11/15/south-slopes-open-source-gallery-partially-destroyed-in-
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There's no excuse not to come out to New York’s greatest up-and-coming arts neighborhood this weekend. Not only is our own #TheSocialGraph [http://hyperallergic.createsend1.com/t/y/l/qjjhul/oghujluy/j] show opening this Friday night (6-9p) at Outpost, but emerging gallery Famous Accountants will be
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It’s worth your time to read the whole thing [http://aiwwenglish.tumblr.com/post/1525958345/the-river-crab-banquet-images-and-report-from-rachel], it has some GREAT photos! [@aiwwenglish [http://aiwwenglish.tumblr.com/]]
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Halloween is already past, so candy is supposed to be on sale, right? Not at last night's Philips de Pury sale [http://www.phillipsdepury.com/auctions/online-catalog.aspx?sn=NY010710&search=&p=&order=] when a lucky bidder ended up paying $4.5 million for 200 pounds of blue cellophane-wrapped treats.
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Beijing-based writer and art professional Melanie Wang brought to our attention the upcoming November 17th court case of Wu Yuren, a Chinese photographer and installation artist whose provocative work and political activism have earned him the nickname “Little Ai [http://www.newyorker.com/online/blo
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In you’re in the ’Burg today or tomorrow, check out the fifth-ever annual vernacular printacular Brooklyn affordable print fair! Titled Prints Gone Wild! the event at Secret Project Robot Art Space [http://www.secretprojectrobot.org] (210 Kent Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn — Google map [http://maps
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Last night to the accompaniment of much fanfare and celebrity attendance German conceptual “artist's artist” Hans-Peter Feldmann [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Peter_Feldmann] won the Guggenheim's Hugo Boss Prize [Hugo Boss prize], a biannual award that comes with a cool $100,000. Feldmann wasn'
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A number of news sources are reporting that Chinese art great Ai Weiwei is under house arrest in his north Beijing home. “I am under house arrest,” Mr Ai told The Daily Telegraph by telephone. “They asked me not to go and to tell everyone the party was off, but I said I couldn’t do that and they’d h
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New York Art Book Fair kicks off today, so if you like print media AND contemporary art as much as we do (even though we're online), there's only place to be this weekend: MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, where the fair is being held. Hosted by AA Bronson, president of NYC art media shop and proponent
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A Facebook post is sometimes a dangerous thing. When Artinfo's “What's Troubling about the Smithsonian's Gay Art Show [http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/36233/whats-troubling-about-the-smithsonians-gay-art-show/],” re-titled “What's Troubling About the Smithsonian's Hide/Seek Show,” article was post
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A rare Modigliani nude hit the auction block at Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern sale last night, and the painting didn't disappoint. Bidding opened at $38 million and skyrocketed from there: five telephone bidders pushed the price up to a record-breaking $68,962,500, Artinfo reports [http://www.a
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In two weeks, #TheSocialGraph will open at Outpost in Bushwick, Brooklyn and we’re incredibly excited. What is #TheSocialGraph? It is an evolving exploration of the burgeoning field of social media art and the relation of contemporary art with this populist tool as a medium, facilitator, and subject